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Designing A Solution
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
These examples of work from this year's graduates show not only creativity but also problem solving. Here, the students themselves take us through their projects…
Poetry In Motion
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The Emerging Design Talents 2016 programme has seen a truly spectacular selection of creativity from this year's graduates.
Seize The Day
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
We have entered a new era, when taste and appetites are in flux and opportunities can evaporate in seconds. To triumph, designers need to think with creativity, deplay craft and technique, step forward with passion, and diligently observe the market. The work unveiled at the HKDI's annual design show had all these elements.
Water Born
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville caused ecstasy and outrage in 1990 when she became director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design and the first woman to receive tenure at the Yale University School of Art. It was not the first time she made waves and certainly not the last. For the last six months she has brought her exceptional talent to HKDI where she led a student-based project designed to help Hong Kong appreciate its unique environment.
Striking A Balance
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The best design education creates harmony between carftsmanship and creativity, with students being equally equipped to manufacture and inspire. This year's annual design show "Search…Becoming - Emerging Design Talents" at HKDI and IVE-Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) revealed that there are many different ways to achieve the right mix between technique and innovation.
Thought Process
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The HKDI's Department of Product & Interior Design operates on the belief that great designs only become fabulous products if they have good working principles behind them. As programme leader Bill Chan reveals to Summer Cao this approach helps create sustainable careers and a healthier design environment.
Winds Of Change
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
When the HKDI's annual Fashion Show and Image Show took place on two sultry nights in June, graduates from the Department of Fashion and Image Design (FID) blew a typhoon of fresh ideas across a packed audience, as they presented a series of spectacular collections on Design Boulevard. But as Daisy Zhong and Lisa Li report the extravagant shapes on display have a practical role to play in securing a future for some of Hong Kong's most talented designers.
Roll Up, Roll Up!
SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute
The graduation show presented by the HKDI's Visual Communication students was inspired by the circus world and proved that when it comes to innovation the school's creative resources run deep.